Looked Back - Genesis 19:26

Genesis 19:26 ESV 

But Lot's wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

Luke 14:34-35 ESV 

“Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Luke 17:32-33

Remember Lot's wife. Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it.

We are to be the salt of the earth, the seasoning of that which is holy and offered to the Lord. Turning back to the world makes a follower of Christ unfit to be a disciple, as salt that has lost its taste and is no longer able to serve as an offering. 

Lot's wife now serves as a warning to all those being saved. Salvation is a gift from God and is a gift to be continually received. Follow after Christ and He will lead you to the promised land. Don't turn back. 

The Body

We are the body of Christ here on earth and Christ is our body in heaven. We shall become one when He returns, when heaven and earth are united. 

If We Confess - 1 John 1:9

1 John 1:9 ESV 

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Is it possible to be pure in heart? Yes! How so?

The Greek word for cleanse also means to purify. If we confess our sins, He will cleanse, or purify, us from all unrighteousness. If you don't have a pure heart, it only means you have unconfessed sin. 

A pure heart is a choice we have and we make. Jesus has made a way.

The Path

Faith is the trajectory of belief. 

Fish And Crawling Things - Habakkuk 1:14

Habakkuk 1:14 ESV 

You make mankind like the fish of the sea,

like crawling things that have no ruler.

Genesis 1:20-25

And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

In Scripture one thing might represent another. A horn might represent a power or strong ruler. A mountain might represent an empire. Waters might represent people, and so on. 

Habakkuk likens mankind as fish of the sea. Jesus would make His disciples fishers of men. 

Habakkuk likens mankind to crawling things that have no ruler. Genesis tells of living creatures that creep on the earth. 

Our first interpretation of a given Scripture may not be correct or the only one. If we have the Spirit, we can seek and find the truth. He is the Spirit of truth and the truth will set us free. 

Choices

Just as Moses placed two choices before Israel, that being blessings or curses, Jesus has placed two choices before modern man; that being heaven or hell. 

We participate in the same choice that faced Adam; to believe God or not. 

Some things never change, but we can. 

In Hades - Luke 16:22-23

Luke 16:22-23 ESV 

The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.

Jesus often spoke of hell. It is just as real as heaven. To believe in one means you believe in both. To not believe in one means you believe in neither. 

Heaven and hell last a long time. Scripture says they both are eternal. 

Matthew 25:46

And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”